Gaillard, Jean-Christophe; Liamzon, Catherine C.; … - In: Mondes en développement n° 137 (2007) 1, pp. 35-50
In late 2004, four successive typhoons and tropical depressions battered the Eastern coast of the Northern island of Luzon in the Philippine archipelago causing the death of more than 1,600 people. The causes of this disaster go beyond the sole climatic events and the lack of forest cover which...